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Squawk'n'talk wrote:All kinds of wonderful. I foresee a snag though - does this mean Ratbat will come with the Soundblaster repaint? ouch.

Maybe he'll come with Slugfest or Overkill in another pack. MP16 is an easy set, because the base mold is already done, so Ratbat could be part of a third set, hopefully.

Or if they ever do Blaster, they can do a mixed alliance release. Example; Blaster comes with Eject, Rewind and Ramhorn are together, and Ratbat gets packed with Steeljaw. Either way, I've already put in my pre-order. Gotta say, when I first saw the grey Ravage prototype, I thought it looked kinda crappy, but seeing the finished product (even if it is blurry), he looks awesome!

RiddlerJ wrote:I was on the fence about Soundwave, but now seeing him along with those cassettes, those beautiful cassettes...

My wallet weeps

I feel for ya as wallet weeps as well, and is on suicide watch as I have just preordered Fortress Maximus.

But yeah... When you get them and choose to display them outside the boxes, please send me a pic.

Oh don't worry, I have every intention on sharing! The group shot will be the wallpaper to my phone, my desktop, blow up a poster sized one for the house, I'll sell 8x10s, keep one in my wallet, and may even get a locket to wear with one ... ok, so that's a lil over the top, but you get my point

headsortails wrote:Where's that Picture of Fry with the shut up and take my money?....

Though, I'm passing on the Prime. I'm getting the cassettes . Those guys and Soundwave?!? It's gonna be legen, wait for it................

They're all looking nice! And a show accurate Devastator? Awesome! But I, too thought that he was going to be in G2, since this is what he looked like:

But since he wasn't redecoed there in Japan, they would make some G2 Encore reissues. And I hope Hasbro reissues the G1/G2 toys here (no safety reasons, please). Otherwise, like what I said on the price rise page, I'm going to Volo Auto Museum.

Squawk'n'talk wrote:All kinds of wonderful. I foresee a snag though - does this mean Ratbat will come with the Soundblaster repaint? ouch.

People keep saying that Ratbat is going to be released. I am confused. Does Takara really have a MP Ratbat mold? I have never seen the mold or picture. And I don't remember ever reading that Takara was planning on releasing the figure. But maybe I missed something? If so - someone please post a picture or article b/c I don't think Ratbat is destined in the near future.

I do remember reading that Takara hoped to make the original Season 1 characters as MPs. But Ratbat is not on that list.

Is the MP Ravage mold different than the mold that was released with Classics Hound?

What's the difference between Black Convoy with a Decepticon symbol and Scourge?

RiddlerJ wrote:I was on the fence about Soundwave, but now seeing him along with those cassettes, those beautiful cassettes...

My wallet weeps

I feel for ya as wallet weeps as well, and is on suicide watch as I have just preordered Fortress Maximus.

But yeah... When you get them and choose to display them outside the boxes, please send me a pic.

Oh don't worry, I have every intention on sharing! The group shot will be the wallpaper to my phone, my desktop, blow up a poster sized one for the house, I'll sell 8x10s, keep one in my wallet, and may even get a locket to wear with one ... ok, so that's a lil over the top, but you get my point

headsortails wrote:Where's that Picture of Fry with the shut up and take my money?....

Though, I'm passing on the Prime. I'm getting the cassettes . Those guys and Soundwave?!? It's gonna be legen, wait for it................

DARY!

Heh. I am thinking of doing the same when I have my "Encore" Fortress Maximus graded by AFA and the photos are submitted to me. Then again, I was also thinking of renting a billboard and have the world see what I have. That, or just have my collection be seen on an electronic photo album.

Stormrider wrote:What's the difference between Black Convoy with a Decepticon symbol and Scourge?

panache.

actually, Scourge was the G2 Prime mold. It's relatively distinct as Primes go, and he had a big sword. This guy has neither. Also, they don't seem to like using the name Scourge for this character since there's the G1 guy with the fu manchu.

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Stormrider wrote:What's the difference between Black Convoy with a Decepticon symbol and Scourge?

Scourge is a unique individual who popularized the concept of Nemesis Prime.

But what makes Scourge stand out a lot is that, unlike most Nemesis Primes to come later, while Scourge is a black Optimsu Prime redeco, he was not a black redeco of the same mold as his toyline's Optimus Prime. He used a different Optimus mold, which was then redecoed in in black, gray, and teal.

Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'

DevastaTTor wrote:I'm sure I missed this somewhere but what happens to Rumble's pile drivers when not in use/in alt mode?

If you look closely, the piledrivers are accessories he can stick his arms into in robot mode. You can have him with or without piledrivers in robot mode. Otherwise, you just have them separate, like you would most of the weapons of other figures when in non-robot mode.

............."We're gonna see just how much Rod they can handle!"............

DevastaTTor wrote:I'm sure I missed this somewhere but what happens to Rumble's pile drivers when not in use/in alt mode?

If you look closely, the piledrivers are accessories he can stick his arms into in robot mode. You can have him with or without piledrivers in robot mode. Otherwise, you just have them separate, like you would most of the weapons of other figures when in non-robot mode.

Stormrider wrote:What's the difference between Black Convoy with a Decepticon symbol and Scourge?

It's already been explained by a couple people but I think story-wise, Black Convoy (the Decepticon) in the original Japanese storyline was a straight up evil clone of Convoy, whereas Scourge was technically a new character who just happened to take on the form of Optimus Prime/Fire Convoy when scanning an alt mode and only appeared in RiD/Car Robots. Autobot Black Convoy is a whole different story, he's an upgrade of original Convoy, I think, or an omnipotent dimensional-traveler, if you pay attention to that Alternity silliness.

Stormrider wrote:What's the difference between Black Convoy with a Decepticon symbol and Scourge?

It's already been explained by a couple people but I think story-wise, Black Convoy (the Decepticon) in the original Japanese storyline was a straight up evil clone of Convoy, whereas Scourge was technically a new character who just happened to take on the form of Optimus Prime/Fire Convoy when scanning an alt mode and only appeared in RiD/Car Robots. Autobot Black Convoy is a whole different story, he's an upgrade of original Convoy, I think, or an omnipotent dimensional-traveler, if you pay attention to that Alternity silliness.

Oy.

Usually, when a Black Convoy is an Autobot, it's either Otpimus himself in a special coating/upgrade, a duplicate of Optimus of Autobot creation, or in Alternity's case a formerly evil "Nemesis Prime" character after having gained redemption.

Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'

Stormrider wrote:What's the difference between Black Convoy with a Decepticon symbol and Scourge?

It's already been explained by a couple people but I think story-wise, Black Convoy (the Decepticon) in the original Japanese storyline was a straight up evil clone of Convoy, whereas Scourge was technically a new character who just happened to take on the form of Optimus Prime/Fire Convoy when scanning an alt mode and only appeared in RiD/Car Robots. Autobot Black Convoy is a whole different story, he's an upgrade of original Convoy, I think, or an omnipotent dimensional-traveler, if you pay attention to that Alternity silliness.

Oy.

Usually, when a Black Convoy is an Autobot, it's either Otpimus himself in a special coating/upgrade, a duplicate of Optimus of Autobot creation, or in Alternity's case a formerly evil "Nemesis Prime" character after having gained redemption.

Not good anymore: United Black Optimus Prime is G1 Prime undercover, including the on his shoulders.

Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'

Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'

Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'